The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
THE Farm,

some of which have been stated 10
these articles. are either entirely unpro-
ductive or are planted with varieties
that are undesirable for any purpose.
when they do bear full crop.
With such trees it is useless to rec
comend that you "dig about it and dung
it, then if it bear not fruit, thou shalt
cut it down" Where there are young
orchards just coming into bearing
that are all summer apples, when win.
ter fruit is eeded. better try the graft
ing process on them. | have d"ne,
and helped to do much Of this work.
and put new tops on. trees that have
produced valuable crops in about four
years and some fruit sooner where be.
fore they were only cumberers of the
ground. The process is no secre' and
easily learned by any young man of
average abilities who can handle tools.
Where trees have attained their full
size, or are past their prime from any
cause and commencing to die it is USE
less to waste time on them, unless it be
just to use them to learn on. The cut,
ting necessary in such large trees
makes it cost too much, and hey will
frequently die before recovering from
the shock caused BY amputated limbs.
will mention few points in the
quality or habits that should deter
mine what trees should be destroyed.
Tough sweet apples, are in very lit.
tic request at any season and when
small, are not desirable even to feed
hogs
Unless fruit ripening during our
autumn has fair size and appearance, is
a good cooking, market or drying va,
riety it has no excuse to be tolerated.
unless it be the small number that
more than compensate for lack Of size or
beauty, by their excellent quality.
Trees that are very shy bearers, we
need hardly mention, but there are
some that bear heavy crops that rot so
badly we will have to dispense with
them. The "Northern Spy" seems to
nave ILLS udUlU III all CllS SCCClOu OI
country, and some western sorts act in
the same way when planned here. 9th
ers fall from the tree so easily that we
only secure small part of their crop
in condition to use This latter trou-
BILE is common one with very large
sized apples, that are shaken off by fall
wind, before being ripe enough to pick
Some of our good old time varieties,
we are very sorry to have to lose, but
1 have tried it enough in every way, to
be convinced that we can no longer
grow Newtown Pippins, either the trees
or fruit, and many not so deseryedly
popular or valuable have also been
abandoned, either because their place is
filled by better ones, or as s the case
with Newtown Pippin, the variety has
become so enfeebled with age as to
make very slow growth.
The best thing then to do is to con.
vert large part of our old orchards
into fire wood for which they are val
liable, and start new ones to take their
places, Of several sizes larger than the
old one, and of varieties whose value
has been proven in our own vicinity.
Fall and winter varieties that will
yield good crops of fair fruit can always
be made profitable. With enough on
hand in a neighborhood to supply
complete fruit drying establishment,
they can be sold in this way, when
from any cause there are more than the
markets need, at the time they are ripe,
Many bushels were thus evaporated
here the past season, and we could now
sell ten times our product of dried
fruit, here at home, where they are
sell ug those from distances at Is cts.
per pound.
The same sort of labor required in
our canning houses, is all that is eeded
to run an evaporator, with one compe
tent head to manage it. There are
many patented appliances that are good,
but the principal is one that connot be
monopolized by any; and they Can be
made as large as is desirable; that will
do the work perfectly and not pay
royalty to any one. There are many
such put up to save the surplus in our
peach country; and they do an immense
business in this line now, in all western
New York.
I have already touched upon the sub